(Homonym: Czech).
1. To examine so as to determine accuracy, quality, or condition; SYN. check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into.
2. To be verified or confirmed; pass inspection; SYN. check out.
3. To make an examination or investigation.
4. To verify by consulting a source or authority.
5. To arrest the motion (of something) abruptly.
6. To slow the growth or development of; SYN. retard, turn back, arrest, stop, contain, hold back.
7. To stop for a moment, as if out of uncertainty or caution.
8. To hand over something to somebody as for temporary safekeeping.
9. To put a check mark on or next to; SYN. check off, mark, mark off, tick off.
10. To consign for shipment on a vehicle, as of luggage.
11. To mark into squares or draw squares on; draw crossed lines on; SYN. checker, chequer.
12. To make cracks or chinks in; SYN. chink.
13. To place into check in a game of chess.
14. To block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey.
15. To stop in a chase esp. when scent is lost.
16. To decline to initiate betting, in poker.
17. To abandon the intended prey, turn, and pursue an inferior prey, of falcons. + prikaži više

To gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean.

1. To become or cause to become obstructed; SYN. choke off, clog up, back up, congest, choke, foul.
2. To coalesce or unite in a mass; SYN. clot.
3. To fill to excess so that function is impaired; SYN. overload.
4. To impede the motion of, as with a chain or a burden.
5. To impede with a clog or as if with a clog.
6. To dance a clog dance. + prikaži više

ETYM Old Eng. hamperen, hampren, prob. of the same origin as Eng. hamble.
To prevent the progress or free movement of; SYN. halter, cramp.

To prevent an occurrence. For example, to inhibit interrupts from an external device means to prevent the external device from sending any interrupts.
To limit the range or extent of.